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shareholder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛəˌhəʊl.də(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈʃɛɹˌhoʊl.dɚ/
  • Australian: /ˈʃeːˌhəʉl.də(ɹ)/
  • Australian: /ˈʃeːˌhɐʉl.də(ɹ)/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈʃeəˌhɐʉl.də(ɹ)/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • /ˈʃiəˌhɐʉl.də(ɹ)/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • CMU ARPABET: SH EH1 R HH OW2 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stockholder, shareowner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investor

Narrower terms: stockholder of record

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English share Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder English shareholder From share + holder.

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: aksioner — one who owns shares of stock
  • Arabic: مُسَاهِم (musāhim) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Arabic: مُسَاهِمَة (musāhima) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Armenian: բաժնետեր (bažneter) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Armenian: փայատեր (pʻayater) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Armenian: ակցիոներ (akcʻioner) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Azerbaijani: səhmdar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Azerbaijani: payçı — one who owns shares of stock
  • Bashkir: акционер (aktsioner) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Basque: akziodun — one who owns shares of stock
  • Belarusian: акцыяне́р (akcyjanjér) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Belarusian: акцыяне́рка (akcyjanjérka) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Bengali: শেয়ারহোল্ডার (śeẏarhōlḍar) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Bulgarian: акционе́р (akcionér) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Bulgarian: акционе́рка (akcionérka) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Burmese: အစုရှင် (a.cu.hrang) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Burmese: ရှယ်ယာရှင် (hraiyahrang) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Catalan: accionista — one who owns shares of stock
  • Catalan: accionari — one who owns shares of stock
  • Chinese Cantonese: 股東 /股东 — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hakka Chinese: 股東 /股东 (kú-tûng) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Chinese: 股東 /股东 (zh-min-nan) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 股東 /股东 (gǔdōng) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Czech: akcionář — one who owns shares of stock
  • Czech: akcionářka — one who owns shares of stock
  • Danish: aktionær — one who owns shares of stock
  • Danish: aktieejer — one who owns shares of stock
  • Esperanto: akciulo — one who owns shares of stock
  • Estonian: aktsionär — one who owns shares of stock
  • Finnish: osakkeenomistaja — one who owns shares of stock
  • French: actionnaire — one who owns shares of stock
  • Galician: accionista — one who owns shares of stock
  • Georgian: მეპაიე (meṗaie) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Georgian: აქციონერი (akcioneri) — one who owns shares of stock
  • German: Aktionär — one who owns shares of stock
  • German: Aktionärin — one who owns shares of stock
  • Greek: μέτοχος (métochos) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Gujarati: શેરહોલ્ડર (śerholḍar) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hebrew: בַּעַל מְנָיוֹת (bá'al menayót) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hindi: शेयरधारक (śeyardhārak) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hindi: अंशधारी (añśdhārī) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hindi: हिस्सेदार (hissedār) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Hungarian: részvényes — one who owns shares of stock
  • Icelandic: hluthafi — one who owns shares of stock
  • Ido: acioniero — one who owns shares of stock
  • Indonesian: pemegang saham — one who owns shares of stock
  • Irish: scairshealbhóir — one who owns shares of stock
  • Italian: azionista — one who owns shares of stock
  • Japanese: 株主 (kabunushi) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Kazakh: акционер (aksioner) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Khmer: កូនហ៊ុន (koun hun) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Korean: 주주 (juju) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Northern Kurdish: pardar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Northern Kurdish: hesadar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Kyrgyz: акционер (aktsioner) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Lao: ຜູ້ຖືຫຸ້ນ (phū thư̄ hun) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Lao: ຜູ້ຖືຮຸ້ນ (phū thư̄ hun) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Latvian: akcionārs — one who owns shares of stock
  • Latvian: akcionāre — one who owns shares of stock
  • Lithuanian: akcininkas — one who owns shares of stock
  • Lithuanian: akcininkė — one who owns shares of stock
  • Macedonian: акционе́р (akcionér) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Macedonian: акционе́рка (akcionérka) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Malay: pemegang saham — one who owns shares of stock
  • Māori: kaiwhaipānga — one who owns shares of stock
  • Mongolian: хувьцаа эзэмшигч (xuvʹcaa ezemšigč) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksjonær — one who owns shares of stock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksjeeier — one who owns shares of stock
  • Pashto: سهم لرونکی (sahm larunkay) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Iranian Persian: سَهامدار (sahâm-dâr) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Iranian Persian: مُساهِم (mosâhem) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Polish: akcjonariusz — one who owns shares of stock
  • Polish: akcjonariuszka — one who owns shares of stock
  • Polish: udziałowiec — one who owns shares of stock
  • Portuguese: acionista — one who owns shares of stock
  • Romanian: acționar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Romanian: acționară — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: акционе́р (akcionér) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: акционе́рка (akcionérka) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: владе́лец а́кций (vladélec ákcij) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: владе́лица а́кций (vladélica ákcij) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: держа́тель а́кций (deržátelʹ ákcij) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Russian: держа́тельница а́кций (deržátelʹnica ákcij) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: део̀нича̄р — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: дио̀нича̄р — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: акцио̀на̄р — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: deòničār — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: diòničār — one who owns shares of stock
  • Serbo-Croatian: akciònār — one who owns shares of stock
  • Slovak: akcionár — one who owns shares of stock
  • Slovak: akcionárka — one who owns shares of stock
  • Slovene: délničar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Slovene: délničarka — one who owns shares of stock
  • Lower Sorbian: akcionaŕ — one who owns shares of stock
  • Spanish: accionista — one who owns shares of stock
  • Spanish: accionario — one who owns shares of stock
  • Swahili: mwenye hisa — one who owns shares of stock
  • Swahili: mwanahisa — one who owns shares of stock
  • Swedish: aktieägare — one who owns shares of stock
  • Tagalog: kasapi — one who owns shares of stock
  • Tajik: саҳмдор (sahmdor) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Thai: ผู้ถือหุ้น (pûu-tʉ̌ʉ-hûn) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Turkish: aksiyoner — one who owns shares of stock
  • Turkish: hissedar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Ottoman Turkish: حصهدار (hissedar) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Turkmen: paýdar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Turkmen: paýçy — one who owns shares of stock
  • Turkmen: maýadar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Ukrainian: акціоне́р (akcionér) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Ukrainian: акціоне́рка (akcionérka) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Urdu: حِصّے دار (hisse dār) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Uyghur: پاي ئىگىسى (pay igisi) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Uyghur: پاي قوشقۇچى (pay qoshquchi) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Uzbek: aksiyador — one who owns shares of stock
  • Uzbek: aksiyachi — one who owns shares of stock
  • Vietnamese: cổ đông — one who owns shares of stock
  • Vietnamese: người có cổ phần — one who owns shares of stock
  • Welsh: cyfranddaliwr — one who owns shares of stock
  • Yiddish: אַקציאָנער (aktsyoner) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Zazaki: hisedar — one who owns shares of stock
  • Zazaki: wahêr (diq) — one who owns shares of stock
  • Zazaki: wertağ — one who owns shares of stock
Real reading context

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